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News & Analysis as of May 22, 2013

Could This Law School Ranking Unseat US News? [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 5/9/2013

May 9 (Bloomberg Law) -- Elie Mystal, editor at Above the Law, tells Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia that his blog's new law school rankings sought to list the top 50 American law schools by relying on an "outcome based"...more

Law Prof: I May File Law School Ethics Charges [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 2/22/2013

Feb. 22 (Bloomberg Law) -- Ben Trachtenberg, an associate professor at University of Missouri School of Law who has written about law schools misrepresenting incoming student GPAs, LSAT scores and graduate employment data,...more

Dean: There's No Oversupply of Lawyers [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 1/4/2013

Jan. 4 (Bloomberg Law) -- The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there will be 74,000 new lawyer jobs this decade, while American law schools will produce more than 400,000 graduates. Despite those numbers, "it's not...more

McEntee: Law Schools Should Cut Enrollment 50% [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 11/9/2012

Nov. 9 (Bloomberg Law) -- Kyle McEntee from Law School Transparency talks to Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the state of legal education in America. McEntee also talks about the LST Score Reports, his organization's new...more

Law Grads Now 'Indentured Servants' To US Government [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 6/13/2012

June 13 (Bloomberg Law) -- Paul Campos, professor of law at University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the rising unemployment and debt levels for recent law school...more

Dean: There's No Oversupply of Lawyers [Video]

by Bloomberg Law on 1/4/2012

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects there will be 74,000 new lawyer jobs this decade, while American law schools will produce more than 400,000 graduates. Despite those numbers, "it's not clear to me there's an...more